8/17/19 was finally the day to hit Lightning Gulch Point. I had been curious about it for some time, and also curious about many of the satellite peaks in the area, like Peak 9360, which I would also ascend and summit shortly after Lightning Gulch Point. The area is spectacularly beautiful with predominantly high altitude pinyon-juniper woodland featuring Singleleaf Pinyon (Pinus monophylla), Sierra Juniper (Juniperus grandis) (some huge specimens here as well!!!!), and Curlleaf Mountain-Mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intermontanus), and scattered Jeffrey Pines (Pinus jeffreyi) and White Firs (Abies concolor var. concolor). Nearing 9360 and Lightning Gulch Point, Lodgepole Pines (Pinus contorta murrayana) and Limber Pines (Pinus flexilis), along with many more White Firs and Jeffrey Pines, become the norm. The area has an awesome feel to with the variety of tree life. The late summer and fall bloomers are really taking off right now, making the area cheerful and colorful as well! To get to Lightning Gulch Point, I parked at Onyx Summit (8,443'). The small green sign indicating Onyx Summit has been removed for some reason, so to get there, just get to the highest point on Highway 38, which is between Angelus Oaks and Big Bear. I simply crossed to the west side of the highway and followed an old, abandoned jeep road to the west by northwest. It does reach a junction with another old road that crosses it. At the junction, jog briefly left for 10 feet, and then jog right to resume the trail to the summits. The trail resumes to head west by northwest and then heads to the north side of Lightning Gulch Point, and then the road curves south, steeply ascending the north slope shortly to the summit. To get to 9360, simply retrace your steps down the north slope on the road until it bottoms out and then reaches its next highest point before descending again. Then just leave the trail and head northeast to 9360. It takes only a few minutes to reach the peak which is hidden in trees. It is easy to get to it without any serious bushwhacking as there are spaces between the junipers, pines, and mountain mahoganies to weave a path to the top. After finishing, I just went back to the old roadbed and followed it back to Onyx Summit. Beware, I saw a rattlesnake up there, even above 9,000', so they can be found up that high as well, and boy was it cranky and grouchy!! There are areas where the roadbed becomes indistinct due to vegetation reclaiming the area, so pay attention. Usually the route goes straight through, and becomes apparent again shortly. Despite there only being just a tad over 1000' difference between the start and peaks, there are quite a few ups and downs, but nothing too severe, to watch out for. I feel that the elevation gain was closer to 1,200'-1,300' and the distance is almost 6 mi. round-trip. Peak 9360 scarcely adds 1/5 mile to that distance as it is very close to the trail! All in all, a wonderful day, and I am glad that I finally went for it!. Lightning Gulch Point has some nice views of San Gorgonio, Sugarloaf, Big Bear Lake, and some of the Mojave peaks like the Ord Mountains and Rodman Mountains near Lucerne Valley! On a very clear fall day, I believe that the one could see the Sierras and Mt. Charleston as well! Please check out my mini-series of my Lightning Gulch/Peak 9360 hike on YouTube. I put the links to 2 of the clips (the summit clips of both peaks) here on the site.